As President of the University of Memphis Graduate Student Association, the CCFA’s own Kiersten Brockman is responsible for supporting all 2,000 members of the registered student organization, as well as the recruitment of almost 3,000 potential members. What is your official title? I am the President of the…
University of Memphis Department of Theatre & Dance is proud to announce the next show of its 2021-2022 season: A Bright Room Called Day, a play by Tony Kushner. The show will feature a cast of actors who are safely distanced and wearing masks. From Tony and Pulitzer award-winning playwright…
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Dr. Josef Hanson, assistant professor with the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, was recently awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for his project, “Case Study Research on the Motivations and Experiences of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) Artist-Entrepreneurs in Memphis, TN and the Mississippi…
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WYXR 91.7 FM explores the Memphis music that fans may have missed with “WYXR Stereo Sessions presented by nexAir and MEMPHO,” a monthly series of hi-fi album listening parties. Starting in February, WYXR invites the public to Memphis Listening Lab for a free music seminar that celebrates rare albums from…
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University of Memphis Department of Theatre & Dance is proud to announce the next show of our 2021-2022 season: The Wolves, a play by Sarah DeLappe. The show will feature a cast of actors who are safely distanced and wearing masks. Soccer imitates life? While waging war on the field,…
The Department of Theatre & Dance is thrilled to announce our guest speaker – Obi Ndefo, on January 27, 2022. A Conversation with Obi Ndefo will take place from 1-2:30pm and will include time for questions from the audience. We invite University of Memphis and the wider Memphis community to…
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WYXR’s partnership with the University of Memphis guarantees us an intrinsic connection to some of the brightest young talents in the region, enabling us to be a potential training ground for careers in media. So, we’re ecstatic to have our very first intern, Morgan Massey, a senior from Bryant, Arkansas, studying…
Experience an unforgettable evening of uplifting and hopeful works as the University of Memphis Dance Faculty present an evening of gifts. From Me to You – Fall Dance Concert will welcome audiences back into the theatre with choreography in contemporary and jazz, performed by undergraduate students. Choreographers include Jill Guyton Nee, Michael…
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University of Memphis Department of Theatre & Dance is proud to announce the next show of its 2021-2022 season: R & J & Z, a play by Melody Bates. The show will feature a cast of actors who are safely distanced and wearing masks. What happens when you mix blood,…
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Amanda Nell Edgar, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication & Film at the University of Memphis, recently received the 2021 Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award from the National Communication Association (NCA). “Not only is this one of the most prestigious national awards in the area of rhetoric, it is…
